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in 1473 was decorated since none of the surviving copies are illuminated.” It is
difficult to believe that the king did not even glimpse the missals published at his
expense, but it might forever be a mystery if he had actually received a private il¬
luminated copy.”
We know that the Chronica Hungarorum by Janos Thuróczy was published
twice in 1488, once in Augsburg and once in Brünn.!” None of the copies of the
Brünn publications can be linked to King Matthias. By contrast the National
Széchényi Library has a well illustrated copy printed on parchment, dedicated to
the king while also bearing his coat of arms which is assumed to be a part of the
famous Bibliotheca Corvina. Csapodi doubted it, he thought the decoration was a
publishing ploy."" From our point of view it does not make a difference if this copy
made it into the hands of Matthias Hunyadi or not, but it shows that the king did
collect printed books as well. Meanwhile, the publishers or the library guardians
made sure that their ornamental appearance were similar to the manuscripts.
Likewise, the French National Library’s two volume Aristoteles corvina be¬
longs to this group of fabulously illuminated incunabulum as well; its authenticity
is unquestionable.’
‘The literature, including the corvina research expert Csaba Csapodi, has been
inconsistently classifying the printed materials of the Bibliotheca Corvina. In addi¬
tion to the previously mentioned works, six incunabulum remain which someone
at some point in time registered as belonging to the Buda library of Matthias or
simply that it was from Buda." Csapodi did not consider these corvinas. At the
same time, he assumed the works of two Hungarian authors were in the great
royal collection: Georgius de Hungaria De moribus Turcorum,'™ and the works of
László Vetési titled Oratio ad... papam Sixtum IV.’ This assumption is indisput¬
able just as the idea that the biography of Giovanni de Capistrano" must have
1973, Nr. 745.
THE surviving copies were examined from a technical point of view by Borsa 1973.
” BREVIARIUM Sfrigoniense, Venezia, 1480, Erhard Ratdolt (GW 5468, RMK III. 1., Csaropı 1973, Nr.
737.), Breviarium Strigoniense, Nürnberg, 1484, Georg Stucks (GW 5469, RMK III. 9., Csaronı 1973,
Nr. 736e.); Missale Strigoniense, Nürnberg, 1484, Anton Koberger (Ham 11429, RMK II. 7., Csapopı
1973, Nr. 897-908?.), Missale Strigoniense, Venezia, 1486, Erhard Ratdolt (RMK IH. 11., Csaropı
1973. Nr. 897-908?)
Aucsgurg, 1488, Erhard Ratdolt (RMK III 15; Harn 15.518; Csaropı 1973, Nr. 653.), Brno, 1488
(RMK II. 16; Haın 15.517; Csapopr 1973, Nr. 652.); Cf. Batocu J. 1966, I, 329.
101 OSZK Inc. 1143; Firz 1937, MAtyusz 1967. For the history of all the copies of the Brno edition, see
Farkas G. F. 2020.
12 Venezia, 1483-1484, Andrea Torresani, Bartolomeo de’Blavi (GW 2337, ISTC ia00963000); Csa¬
PODI 1973, Nr. 54.
Csaropı 1973, Nr. 1. (Donatus Acciaiolus); Nr. 8. (Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini), Nr. 45. and Nr. 46.
(Antoninus Florentinus), Nr. 49. (Appianos); Nr. 407. (Titus Livius). Batocu, J. 1966 also separately
discusses the existing, the lost, and the presumed incunabulum, and separately the volumes dedicated
to Beatrix. His opinion is often overruled by Csapop1 1973.
104 Urach, 1480-1481 (Haın 15.673), or Roma, 1481-1484 (Harn 15.674) — Csapopr 1973, Nr. 295.
105 Roma, sine anno (Hain 16.079; Hain 16.080; Csaponi 1973, Nr. 696.)
196 Csaponı 1973, Nr. 332. (Hieronymus de Udine’s work)
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